Adjustable seat



r 1. P. AKIN.

ADJUSTABLE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILIED APR. 9.1921- 1,385,742. Patented July 26, 1.921.

Arron/ms c To all whom t may concern:

. UNITED STA T-Es APATENr o F'Elcajf f JOHN rIEiicE'vEAkrNfor. JoLLYfrowN, manNsvLvAlviii.` i y Be it known that'I, Jol-LN P. EAKIN.,

` citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Jollytown, in the county of Greene and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedV certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Seats, `of which the following is a specification. l .v y This` invention relates to an Aadjustable seat.

As is well known in farming implements or the like a seat is usually provided for ported vby astrip vof resilient metal which hasits one end secured to the body or frame of the implement withl which the seat is associated. The seat is of course rigidly secured at the upper end of the resilient strip of metal mentioned. f

When using or operating implements of this character upon an` incline or hillside, the seat will tip with the vehicle and make it di'ilicult for the driverfor 'operatorto re-V tain his seat. 'f l Y It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a suitable mounting for a seatrof the character above referredto so that thesarne may be adjusted vfor'being vsupported in a horizontal `plane when lthe implement with which said seat is' associated is operating` on an incline or hillside. Y

Other objects will hereinafter appear.'

`The invention lis illustrated Vby'vvayv of example in the 'accompanying vdrawings-.inf whichl v Figure l is ka i preferred form of mounting the seat to the resilient supporting strip, v F ig. 2 is 'a central longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3.is a -front elevation showing the i, manner in which the seat vwould appear when mounted in accordance withmy invention and when the vehiclewithwhich it is associated is traveling on level ground,

Fig. 4 is a similarview but showing the position of the seat with respect to its sup,-4

porting resilient strip when thevehicle is traveling along a hillside oran incline, y n

Figs; 5 and 6 tare `detail views ofr the sleeve and stem means by whichthe seatpis l n revolubly supported.

' Referringto the' drawings more in'detail,

y10 indicates a stripof spring metal which it will `be assumed isrigidlyfsecured at its y vlower end to the frame or 'body ofa farming implement o1" the like.

This seat is sup-VV of the shape shown. adapted to receive thefinner end of the latch c member `24.-, said latch being pivotally f side elevation showing the l ADJUSTALE SEAT.

member `11 is provided ivardly 4extending arm 12 by which it may be secured tothe strip 10 by means of bolts as shown at ,13. The supporting arm 1'1 is likewise formed-with alstem or spindle 111 Yand anupwardly extending arm 15, said 1 arm 15 being formed with a central'slot as .indicated at 16. formed with a groove 171which terminates at its one `endfin the slot 16 as shown inV jAlso the member 11 is pon the stemY v141 there is journaled a sleeve Iorcollar 18, said sleeve being formed with an extension plate-like member 19 upon which'there is secured a seat 20 bythe means of a suitable bolt as indicated at 21. The c sleeve 18 is held against voutward movement on the `stem by a pin which extends trans'- versely of the stein, as' shown at22. ,In the one end. ofthe coll'aror'csleeve 18 there is formed lagpluralityfofnotches v23 whichare` circumferentially arranged andV preferably The notches 23 are speeifcatirm bf Lettersrafne 'Patented 31113726-, Y Application fiiea'iiprii e, i921. seriai'No. 459397.

A` seat supporting vhavinga downy mounted inthe slot 16 bythe means of; f

pin-as zit-25, and also In Order, to hold the'la'tch24 one end to a screw 27, said screwbeing provided with 'a suit- .able handle as at 25. V

inits locked position, a coil spring'26 is secured at its threaded` into theextension arm 16.V The otherfend of the coil spring is suitablyy connected near the outer end of the latch inein-V ber2ll and adapted to press the innervendV Y fof said latch member into engagementwith the lnotches 23. i

, From theforegoing description is believed the present invention will be under p stood. When the driver or operator wishes to arrange his seatso that the same will beldisposed in ahorizontal plane, he need only press downward.' on the handle 25of the 'flatch 24so that the inner/end ofsaid latch f -will be'disengaged from' the notch 23 in which itinay extend. 'By his own motion.

`the driver vcan then revolve Athe seat20 until the` same is in the desired position. Y.The

latch 2 4 may then be permittedto fall so that its inner end will then engage with one` r of thenotches in the sleeve 18,' and Vthereby lock the sleeve Vagainst further movement.

I claiin- Y A seat Amounting of the "character'describepd,l comprising a stem having formed 

